SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Dedication of Geometric Polytope Mobile
February 15, 2002

Marc Pelletier researched hyperdimensional geometry with H.S.M Coxeter
and continues to maintain contact with various mathematicians and scientists
worldwide.
To learn more about Marc Pelletier's work and achievements, visit his
website.

The
Sculpture to be dedicated on February 15th is a regular four-dimensional
solid whose faces consist of 120 regular dodecahedrons. If it is projected
onto 3 dimensions from the centre, then the result is the statue. The
surface of this 5 foot diameter ball resembles a soccer ball, with 30
hexagons (split into four pentagons arising from 30 dodecahedrons which
are projected onto 2-dimensional figures) and 12 pentagons, which are
the faces of 12 dodecahedrons in the outer shell of the figure. Layered
inside is another shell of 20 dodecahedrons, and then another 12 surrounding
a central dodecahedron. This actually accounts for the remaining 90
dodecahedrons not on the surface because they are projected two to one
into three space.

"Geometry is one of the Seven Medieval Arts intended to liberate
us from a mundane life"
Marc Pelletier